From the sea to the stars : the forgotten journeys of the Philippines' ancient explorers
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Dimacali, Timothy James M![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/119910/1080639488-MIT.pdf.jpg?sequence=3&isAllowed=y)
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Forgotten journeys of the Philippines' ancient explorers
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing.
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Marcia Bartusiak.
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Linguistic, genetic, and archaeological evidence indicate that the Philippines has been inhabited by humans for many thousands of years. By what means the earliest settlers arrived in the archipelago is still a mystery, but a growing body of evidence points to the likelihood that they possessed seafaring technology. If so, then modern Filipinos -- who are even now making their first tentative steps into space -- are heirs to a rich heritage of exploration, the story of which has yet to be fully told.
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Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2018. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-30).
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2018Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science WritingPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Comparative Media Studies., Graduate Program in Science Writing.